I was at work one day when I got another annoying call from a telemarketer. As a business location, they seemed to target us even more than they did my house. Today’s telemarketer was no different than the rest so I waited patiently for him to finish his sales pitch so that I could tell him I wasn’t interested and say goodbye. It did occur to me that I should just hang up then and there like I normally do at home, but then I thought that might make the business look bad, and it wasn’t very polite either- so I thought better of it. After all, they know their job sucks. No one wants to be a freakin telemarketer of all things. They know they get hung up on all the time! Well, this bafoon finally came to a stop giving me a chance to use a gung-ho sales pitch voice of my very own to tell him, “Sorry, but we’re not interested.” Ah, the end.
Not quite. He was persistent. He changed the sales pitch and began from the very beginning. I cleared my throat and inhaled loudly, to try and speed him along, and when he finished this time, I tried it again. “Like I said, sorry, but we’re not interested.”
Commence round three. This time I wasn’t in the mood though. I cut him off and with a curt ‘look here buddy,’ and stressed how I was trying to be polite and how I honestly didn’t care about what he had to offer when all of a sudden I hear, CLICK.
WTH? He hung up on me. That rat bastard. I decided then and there, that was the last time I would try to talk it out with a telemarketer. Next time you get a call, hang up, for my sake.
So I was sitting around in ENT, not being productive when these kids started messin around with my steth. What else could I do but make a movie and make weird noises at them?
NOT that interesting. That’s how far I got into the above sentence in my pathology book before counting all the other things I’d rather be doing. I know what you’re all thinking, “Hey wait a minute, don’t you nerds love to study?” Well, the answer is YES, of course we do, but, I like studying on my own time, without the pressure of a test overhead, and with much better sources than one big fat book. In actuality, the cardiac myocyte is probably WAY interesting, but I’m just not feeling it from ‘Robbins,’ right now. Instead, I suddenly felt compelled to come give an update on my chronically neglected blog. I had planned to keep updating regularly this time around, so without further adieu… Continue reading ‘The cardiac myocyte is generally…’
Some people might think that going to medical school in Pakistan subjects us to all kinds of terrorist threats, kidnappings, riots, and other everyday events that take place out here. The truth is, Islamabad is a very quiet place, and very foreign friendly, or at least it was till just about last week when there was a bombing at a nearby restaurant that served alcohol. Regardless, Islamabad could easily double as a ghost town on most nights.
That might be why it’s so easy to fall into a normal routine out here– you can get everything done regularly as long as there aren’t any major holiday celebrations going, and that’s exactly what I prefer. I’ll usually follow a schedule pretty closely of studying, working out, and messing around online, but this week is a different story. Allergy season is just one thing among others which is making life difficult out here. Even though there are a good share of non-drowsy antihistamines out there, I still prefer good old benadryl despite being knocked out after only 100mg. I can’t remember another point in time where I’ve slept so much and still felt tired. I think I must’ve had at least 10 hours of sleep last night and was drowsy all day anyway. Not exactly what I had planned, with the huge ENT test I have coming this Friday. I also haven’t been able to work out since I’ve overslept everyday in the past week. Continue reading ‘Hectic Week’
March and April always mark the onslaught of allergy season for me. Switching between one antihistamine and the next in the last three or four years, I have yet to find any medication that works better than good old endorphins. My advice to anyone suffering from this year’s allergy season is this: No medicine will clear your sinuses as fast as 30 pushups will. Skip rope for fifteen minutes and you’ll have at least an hour’s worth of decongested breathing. People suffering from the common cold can expect the same results. Now if only I could copyright that strategy and then market it for millions.
I rather dislike having to name all of my posts. Maybe I’m just not that creative, or maybe my posts never focus around any one single thing, making my job a little more difficult. Then again, my left-sided brain does feel way more comfortable with numbers, equations, computers, technology, physics and mechanics, rather than creative pursuits, artistic endeavors, or other activities, equally frivolous- in my opinion, with the only exception of music.
Fighting the weaker right-brained side of my head, today I thought I’d try my hand at photography. It’s one of those hobbies that I’ve always wanted to explore further but never really understood well enough to make progress. Tomorrow morning’s soccer event should hopefully give me a good enough setting where I can experiment with all of my camera’s shooting modes and vast repertoire of functional options. Though I’d much rather be playing a sport than just taking pictures from the sidelines, soccer does happen to be one of my less mastered games.
Other than that, it’s Saturday night and my brother and I, along with some friends have a completely disgusting eat-a-thon lined up tonight at Pizza Hut. From there we’ll probably go over to a friend’s for a barbecue and burgers.
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